Is there ever a “right” time to start a creative career? Our goal has always been help people pursuing their passion. Helping those people often means helping them think through important decisions such as when to start, when to take the leap. Below, you’ll find our conversations with successful creatives reflecting back on when they had to decide whether to start or wait.

Lataja Moore

It was 2015, my husband and I lived in Pensacola, FL. I was working at a financial institution as a banker. I started writing out my business plan while I was at work. I’ve always had a passion to create my own skincare products. I didn’t actually start working on my business until 2019 after I had my son. Read more>>

Brianna Ballerini

I’ve been doing extra work in music videos, shows, and films since I was a child. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I took the leap and decided to start putting out content on the internet. I was struggling with deciding if putting myself out there on YouTube and other platforms would be worth it in the long run. Read more>>

Yuka Schad

I started my photography business while I was studying graphic design in college, and working as a web designer at a local golf retailer. My job was pretty stable and comfortable so I was a little afraid to lose the safety blanket, but I do wish that I left earlier to dedicate all my time and energy into photography. Read more>>

Tyler Russell

This is such a great question – and there is probably enough here to write a mini novel. No joke. I started working with leather in 2018 after losing my cheap Amazon wallet and wanted to make something that I actually would care about keeping an eye on, something that would make me upset if I lost it versus just being upset about losing the important credit cards and ID inside it. Read more>>

Jasmyn T. Curry

I often look back and think about my beginning journey to becoming an actress. Yes I sometimes wonder how far along I would have been in the acting industry if I had pursued and took it seriously back in grade school. Read more>>

Sarah Simmerman

There I times that I wonder where I would be if I had taken a different path. Took the leap to offer start exhibiting my paintings right out of college. But ultimately, I know it would have been a much different path. I have a wonderful family, and the experiences and lessons I have learned throughout my career have been invaluable. Read more>>

Anthony Trujillo

My career didn’t start until vendetta in 2022 an album appearance released on February 04, 2022 with DiVine Infinite called Caliber. My cousin Armenio Trujillo, he helped me jump start my career in music with production of an EP. YiN and YANG on September 22, 2022. Read more>>

Kristi Darner

As a kid, I always wanted to follow my passion and find a creative career, but I didn’t officially start my creative career in November of 2019. Part of me wishes I would have done it sooner but I don’t think I was mentally or financially stable enough to start the creative career I wanted. Read more>>

Todd Ethridge

I always dabbled in photography as far back as when I was a kid in the 70’s. I wanted to take pictures like I saw in the rock and skateboard magazines. But all I had as a kid was a Polaroid instant camera and I had no idea how to take real photos. Over the next decades, I slowly began to learn and experiment with a borrowed camera from my sister and other random point and clicks. Read more>>

Danielle & Kristine

Podcasting is a crowded field, and making an impact is challenging. Had we started before everyone and their uncle had a podcast (Danielle’s one uncle died way before podcasts were a thing, so she’s the exception), we may have made more headway earlier. Read more>>

Krista Nykol

I grew up in a household where the performing arts were an important creative outlet, in my family you had to pick up one instrument. I choose the cello and played it for 8 years, my real true passion was always Acting. I had no idea until I started going to a performing arts elementary school, I then performed at my local church, and my Mom bought me some private lessons and allowed me to squander every opportunity to be on stage. Read more>>